"I'm going to have some custom-made shoes that I think nobody ever had before". "I'm not insane. I know it's going to take time to build and we're building, but when we get the right people in here, we're going to win".
The Lakers have missed the playoffs for four straight seasons, their longest postseason drought in franchise history, and are coming off a 26-56 season, the third-worst record in the National Basketball Association.
LaVar Ball talked his son Lonzo becoming a Laker into existence, and he might just do the same about next year's playoffs. We've got to get the right people in place to do that, but we're building every step.
LaVar Ball - a former player for American football team the London Monarchs - is Lonzo's father and has been his main representative and leading cheerleader. I think they have enough talent.
When the Lakers were awarded the second overall pick at the draft lottery in May, the story that LaVar had written appeared to have come true, and when the Lakers picked Lonzo at the draft, his prediction finally became reality.
When asked if his father might tone it down now that the family dream has been spoken into reality, Ball laughed. If you don't have those type of guys, you can't win.
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"He has greatness written all over him", Johnson said.
Walton gets it: After all, he is the son of Hall of Famer Bill Walton, the genial basketball blowhard. "I know they're going to make the playoffs". He comes in as one of the team's most hyped draft picks in years. I know when I was a young player, I had a target on my back from my own teammates because of things my dad said, but it ended up working out. He's always been there for him.
Pelinka mentioned Steve Nash and Jason Kidd when discussing Ball, but he also brought up the names of two other athletes: Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers. I kind of patterned my game after that.
Markelle Fultz is still expected to be the No. 1 pick, though the destination has changed.
Projected as a first round pick following his freshman season, Bryant returned to Bloomington as a sophomore, but didn't improve his draft stock.
The comparison to Brady and Rodgers, who are arguably two of the greatest players to ever play in the National Football League, puts a much greater level of expectations upon Ball before he even steps on the floor for the first game of his career. He is also an above-average passer. Jordan Clarkson is a question mark for the Lakers at this point, he seemed to have hit his peak potential past year but still has many aspects of his game to improve, especially his efficiency.
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